Dang it. Gonna have to build a riverine gunboat now🤣

No Colin,
That would be 선원을위한 해상 연구소
I think 🙄😁
Cheers, Doug 😎

Hey Doug, surely that's the nautical institution for seamen.
Cheers Colin

Dispatch recd. with thanks Chief,
Seven days leave granted.
For his determined and successful action under fire PO Errol T Cat is herewith awarded the Feline Distinguished Service Medal (FSDM) and promoted Lt. jg with immediate effect.
Command of San Jacinto and Red River Patrol is confirmed.
Congratulations to him and crew, BRAVO ZULU👍
Red River Patrol is authorised to carry out SEAL raids on the Oklahoma shores to augment Catnip supplies.
Sig: Adm. Fleet Commander.
Message Ends.😎

No Lt.
Mine is from South Korea.
Designed by The National Intelligence Service (NIS) (대한민국국가정보원, 국정원) I believe😁
😎

"my spies are everywhere"Doug do you have one of these Chinese smart phones🤣🤣🤣

Must forward this to the Fleet admiral-a dispatch was received from PO Errol Cat who is in command of the Texas Navy’s flagship San Jacinto while CPO Hargett is on leave following the skirmish with the Oklahomans-message reads “meow, meow, meeeowww, hiss hiss purr meow” translation follows:
“On last watch noticed rogue Oklahoman rabbits of their Second squadron assembling what appeared to be a an unauthorized shore battery of unknown size, probably 3 pounder. Tried to contact to no avail. Later in the watch the battery was turned against the San Jacinto, but their aim was high and they missed our fwd bow and mid ships. I then ordered the fwd batteries to open fire. Result, rabbits retreating north to Oklahoma, shore battery destroyed. Signed, Errol T Cat, PO, temporary commander San Jacinto”
Respectfully requesting shore leave for my crew and an increase in the catnip ration for PO Errol Cat upon my return from leave, which should be this weekend.
CPO Cash Hargett, Texas Navy western squadron.
😀

Apology accepted Middy.
In future, if I'm not available - Damn conferences🤔 - please be so kind as to arrange the Duty Roster for me.
G'night.
Fleet out.💤

Sorry Fleet you misunderstood me, I was referring to those junior to yourself, you have the right to do as you like, but I was wondering if there was anyone else on board. Sure we'll have a nice quiet patrol tonight, we'll ask the Commodore and the Lieutenant if they have any preferences as to course. Weather is good, WO Rooky brought the outlook on board.

G'night Sir.

"No need for requisitions on the pizza and bourbon ..."
Well done Chief 👍 I'll be recommending the Western Squadron for a Unit Citation.
(The President does so LOVE Fake News 😁)
Cheers, Doug.😎
CO Sheer Nonsense R&D & Funny OPS.

Careful "Snotty"!
My spies are everywhere!!😁
This officer is neither America On-Line nor Absent With-Out Leave.
After all, I approve the leave requests 😁😊
Actually got held up at High Command / MoD in a prolonged budget discussion🤔
BTW Ref: "if you wish me to carry out other or further duties, then I am prepared."
Thank you for your generous and intriguing offer Midshipman, I will bear that in mind when any Special Ops crop up😉

Ref: "the ship is ours. Where shall we go?"
"Frankly my dear - I don't give a damn"
Just don't get lost (remind me to appoint a NAV Officer!) and make sure you can get there and back on the current fuel load to be back on station tomorrow at 0800 ZULU. I don't want to see any unexpected RAS bills!!😠

Commodore Figtree is still hanging around somewhere (perusing tug model catalogues in the Wardroom I expect), and Lt. Marky has retired to the CO's Day Cabin, absorbing his medicinal Wee Dram.🙄
WO Rooky is probably in the Gun Room 😉
CPO Cash is on leave following the action against the Oklahoma invasion fleet, probably enjoying the spoils of war!

Weather report Munich area attached.
All quiet on the South Eastern front!
G'night All 😎

Hi Rooky, It would appear that we are the only ones taking their responsibilities properly. All our senior officers are AOL, so the ship is ours. Where shall we go?

Nerys

What an excellent crew!
You guys keep an outstand watch!
Bravo Zulu, Job well done!

Figtree7nts, Commodore!

Good night all!

WO Rooky on board for middle watch Fleet.
12 degrees, O% chance of rain, visibility 14.5km,
wind 4mph.😐

Fleet Admiral Sir,

Despite my enhanced status, I will be aboard for my normal watches tonight, but if you wish me to carry out other or further duties, then I am prepared.

Midshipman Nerys

The Cwm Ciddy we are talking about is a carvery restaurant on the outskirts of Barry going towards Rhoose or Cardiff Airport. Vale of Glamorgan Model Boat Club meet there for breakfast once a month. Cwm Ciddy Lane leads south from near the restaurant to Porthkerry Park.

No need for requisitions on the pizza and bourbon, we have plenty as we were able to acquire large quantities from an Oklahoma convoy trying to invade Texas. We kept their liquor and pizza and sent them packing!🤣

If my memory is working it's half way between Cardiff and Barry.
Cheers Colin.

Cwnm Ciddy, is that anywhere near Cwm Tiddy? we were there in July, staying in Llanarth,near Aberaeron,
love it on the West coast, beautiful beaches and scenery.

cheers Peter😊

Do you mean, are we ready for breakfast at Cwm Ciddy tomorrow, Ken?

03.10 hrs in the Middle Watch. Sea slight, wind Force 0- 1. Visibility good. All quiet, Rooky and I have taken full advantage of the high standards of catering in the Gun Room and now awaiting the duty steward with mugs of hot chocolate. Interesting conversation with one of the look-outs. He's wondering if we should look out for refugees in small boats escaping from BorisTrumpland.

WO Nerys

Very good Warrant 👍 Cymra fe'n dawel!
WO Rooky is also aboard and LT Marky is grabbing a coffee in the Wardroom prior to going on watch.
Capt. Robbob and Commander H are "conferring" in The Blue Anchor 🙄
CPO Cash is looking after the Western Squadron. 👍
He'll be organising the Shake-down and provisioning for the Squadron's new tug.
I'll be keeping a sharp eye out for inordinate quantities of Pizza and Bourbon on the Requisition Chits!😉
Have a quiet night 🤞
Admiral going ashore. G'night All 😎💤💤

It's been one of my sick bay session days, but I'll be aboard later to stand my watches.

Cheers,
Nerys

"HQ was invaded by daughters sleepover with 2 of her friends."
Sounds like a bit of a hurricane as well Chief 😮
Had seen that the hurricane Dorian has turned North - It's an ill wind ....

"My body keeps telling me I’m not 25 anymore"
Tell me about it Cash 🤔
(Creaks off to sick bay to get a thermal lumbar bandage!)

Temperature crashed to 14°C (~58°F) here with 10/10 cloud and persistent rain 🌧️☹️

CU later Chief.
😎

CPO Hargett reporting. New fleet tug Taucher has passed sea trials and is berthed with other Western Fleet vessels and the staff Studebaker. No problems here with the Hurricane this far north, however, HQ was invaded by daughters sleepover with 2 of her friends. Also, since the Commodore was celebrating her 50th at a downtown Dallas hotel on an overnight with HER friends, (think slightly inebriated Baptist middle age women😂) I pulled rank and had some possible recruits over for movies and pizza. I had the watch Sunday night till 0330 hours, when I succumbed to too much pizza and a little bourbon. PO Errol finished the watch.

Seriously, I think I could have been less tired if I had been at work. My body keeps telling me I’m not 25 anymore.

Weather officers telling me the high pressure ridge is back again, will be high 90s and dry next few days..skies clear, boats docked, swabbed, all maintenance complied with, logs complete. CPO Hargett hitting the sack lights out in an hour.

a nos da i ti hefyd Nerys💤💤
After your watch! 😠

ac mae ' n noson dda ganddo!! 😎

We've been looking for Mr G.Fawkes to make a return for many years, but I'd be quite happy if he just attended to Mr B and his cronies. Never known a parliamentarian so intent on the destruction of the country.

Nos Da,
Nerys

Hi Nerys,
"Don't forget that I have family ex pats in France who are worried to death as to what is going to happen ... their pensions have been cut in line with devaluation"

Yep I've noticed that too 😠 About -2.3%.
Good that the bulk of my pension (~ 82%) comes from Germany, Government & company and just went up about 3%. Don't suppose your family ex pats have that advantage though 🤔

Apropo Boris Trump! Where is Guy Fawkes when we need him? 💥
Come back, all is forgiven!
G'night, Doug 😎

Lt Marky and WOs Nerys and Rooky are on duty so the safety of the ship is assured.
Full Watch is aboard so Fleet is hitting the hammock.💤
(Deluxe double version of course😉, fully equipped with stabilisers, SATTV RX, sherry, port, and single malt whisky dispensers. Oh yes and a newfangled JTIDS secure datalink to the units at sea, Sea Lords and MoD. Must learn how to switch the damn thing on some time😁)

G'night All 😎

Hi Doug,

We have been out all day and switching the computer on when we came in, could find no posts from you at all and knowing your normal behaviour wondered what had happened to you.
Our journey today to the realms of Gracie Fields 'Rochdale Hunt' (that dates me) was to inspect a new(old) vehicle for use in the dockyards of the South Wales Flotilla, There was a requirement for a VSMV for conversion to mobile accomodation as I mentioned to you a while ago. If I tell you that VSMV stands for very slow moving vehicle you will understand that Alice has acquired her milk float. It will be delivered in a few days time.

I too am following the parliamentary shenanigans with great interest. Don't forget that I have family ex pats in France who are worried to death as to what is going to happen. As an immediate thing which has been going on since the Brexit referendum their pensions have been cut in line with devaluation and that has hurt
. No doubt you've noticed this too. Again, like you, they have the worry of all the other things that could hit them if Boris gets his way. I won't mention my feelings about the Boris/Trump tie up. Peas in a pod comes to mind., and rotten ones at that.

I thought you would appreciate our weather conditions. Much of our rain is local to us, Drive to Swansea and it's dry. Go over the mountain to the Towe and Teifi valleys and there'll be bright sunshine

Pleased to hear all the regular crew are on board ready to deal with whatever the sea and circumstances can throw at us.

Calm seas and fair winds.

Cheers,
Nerys.

"Doug, I wish you'd taken more of our weather over to the Chiemsee, Alice is becoming increasingly frustrated with the rain. "

Hi Nerys,
If it's any consolation we had monsoon rains on Monday🌧️, sunny Tuesday, sun/cloud Wednesday. And now rain from Thursday (today😮) until at least next Tuesday is forecasted.
So your next parcel of rain is already on it's way. Hope that keeps Alice dry for a few days🤞

Your weather propagation theory sounds familiar.
Similar thing happens here.
Weather fronts coming from the NW to W tend to get stuck in the SE corner of Bavaria cos they come up against the Alps and dump their content over south Bayern, where we are🌧️🌧️☹️ Trust Alice has a tarp for emergencies👍
Her problem with the micro climate reminds me of Wellington from The Perishers, who was followed around by his own personal rain cloud!☹️
Cheers, Doug 😎
PS attached pic is animated, open it by clicking on it, and then on the arrow in the tiny blue box top left.

WO Nerys is on board and ready for my two normal watches. Hope tonight's duty steward is as regular with the administration of hot beverages as the last two have been.

Hi Nerys,
Thanks for your concern 😊
Yesterday I was detailed to Special Duties on the beach (all very Hush Hush!🙈🙉🙊) 😉

Today I've been following the debates and Divisions on a live feed from the the House of Commons re the BREXIT shenanigans 🤔
Was pleased to see that Boris Trump lost a further two votes.
Including trying to force a General Election (after loosing the first vote) in order to paralyse parliament even more and force a No Deal BREXIT through.
I very much hope that Parliament can stave off No Deal and get rid of him.
If it comes to a No Deal crash out then hundreds of thousands of guys n gals like me living in EU countries will have a big problem. Overnight we will become Illegal Aliens through no fault of our own. This aspect (and continued payment of our pensions) was briefly mentioned just once during 12 hours of debate, in contrast to the fate of EU citizens living in UK.

Looks like Lt Marky is OOD/OOW again! Look after him Warrant 😉
WO Rooky and CPO Jacko are also on board 👍
Commodore Ed will be Zeding in his Stateroom 😴 if required.
Lt Cmdr Colin is excused watch duty, having been zotting around the country on Black Ops the last few days. He's currently enjoying a well earned R&R (or should be!)
Cheers, Doug😎
Flag Officer 1st Nonsense & Frolics Division. RN Detachment Munich. 😁

WO Rooky reporting for duty Fleet, a bit early, but I thought I would just call in the radio room, for a chat and a warm.😊

Yes, he's around, just made a post....

Has anyone heard or seen anything of the Fleet Admiral, I haven't since yesterday. Hope he's alright.

To everyone concerned and particularly the Fleet Admiral.
Am I the only one on duty tonight, Wednesday?

WO Nerys

Very quiet night. Sea slight, wind 'Paddy's Hurricane', duty steward is learning to cope with our needs for constant sustenance, so things are looking up. Enjoy your DIY.

WO Nerys

Doug, I wish you'd taken more of our weather over to the Chiemsee, Alice is becoming increasingly frustrated with the rain. She's managed to get most of the boarding of the roof on but now it's pouring and she can't finish it.

We are very wet here, my theory is that bad weather comes up the Bristol Channel, hits the Gower peninsula, splits in two. One side carries on up the channel and the other comes up the Gwendraeth and Amman valleys until it gets here. It then stops because there is a large mountain in the way (a mile up the road), thus creating a micro climate that deposits rain onto a poor innocent shed builder.

Cheers,
Nerys

Very good Warrant,👍
Any unusual activity to report?
Anything I should know about!?
CU tonight, Admiral's been detailed to kitchen cupboard repair and refit duties today 🤔
2nd SLEP!!
So just about to 'fuel up' on bacon, eggs and sausages😋
😎

The Gun Room was the traditional haunt of WOs. The equivalent of the Wardroom or the CPO's mess' It's alright, I've been on board for hours, a pleasant evening, nice meal and a few cups of tea. Ready for the rigors of the watch and whatever the sea throws at us tonight.

Very well Warrant. Carry on.
Tot of Pusser's against the cold authorised. Winter draws on eh!😉
Please check on WO Nerys in the Gun Room.
Haven't heard from her in four hours!🤔
Lt. Marky has the Deck.😮
Commodore Figtree last seen snoozing in the Wardroom 😴, Capt. Martin and Lt. Cmdr. Colin heading for The Dog & Duck!🙄
Have a quiet night Shipmates🤞
Adm. Doug 😎 CO Motley Crew.
(Haven't heard their music in years!)

WO Rooky reporting middle watch Fleet, will be in the galley, seeing if I can get a cup of char, it's going to be a cold night tonight,, so got the woolies on!😐

Thank you Warrant👍
Gun Room? 😮
Make sure no one's left one "up the spout" 💥🤕
😎

WO Nerys reporting on board. Ready for duty starting with the Middle Watch. I'll be in the Gun Room until then.

Lt. Marky, you have the Deck.
Try to keep it attached to the ship this time if you please Lt. 🙄 "Cor lummy!"😮
Maintain current course and speed to sunrise over Blighty.
NOTE: Gale warning issued for Chiemsee Lake south of Munich from 0400 ZULU, clear decks and secure all WT doors.
Sub Lt. RH and WO Rooky are also aboard so you have good back up.
WO Nerys should be along shortly, she's been held up in the yard due to some discussion of the planning of our next Auxiliary, Coastal Supply Vessel.
Seems that the talented Chief Designer, Alice, has proposed converting it into an Admiral's Barge!
Meets, of course, with my approval😊, but the conversion may delay the launching !
Admiral going below now (before the tomatoes and eggs are thrown😝)
G'night all, 😎

gcmg??
When where you knighted Dodgy?😮
Missed you in the Honours List 😉
😎

Sounds good Warrant, look forward to seeing that 👍
CU later then,
😎

I'm busy in the shipyard working at the planning stage of the next sailing barge on the production line. However I will be back aboard in time to stand my watches.

Cheers,
Nerys

Thank you Capt. Yossarian👍
😎